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UPDATE 2-Former Algerian president Bouteflika given state funeral
ALGIERS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past.
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Nigeria brings in custody rule for $9.7 billion funds industry
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has introduced a custody rule for its 4 trillion naira ($9.7 billion) fund management industry, in a bid to protect investors and deepen the country's capital market, its Securities and Exchange Commission said on Sunday.
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Former Algerian president Bouteflika given state funeral
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday that was attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past.
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Former Algerian president Bouteflika given state funeral
ALGIERS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday that was attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past.
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French minister heads to Sahel amid talk of Russian hired guns for Mali
NIAMEY (Reuters) - France's Armed Forces Minister arrived in Niger on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region, where French-led military operations against Islamist militants are under threat from Mali's talks with Russian defence contractors.
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French minister heads to Sahel amid talk of Russian hired guns for Mali
NIAMEY, Sept 19 (Reuters) - France's Armed Forces Minister arrived in Niger on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region, where French-led military operations against Islamist militants are under threat from Mali's talks with Russian defense contractors.
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Bandits release 10 students kidnapped two months ago from Nigerian school
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Bandits have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator told Reuters on Saturday.
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Athletics-Bromell sets world-leading time in 100m after Tokyo disappointment
(Reuters) - Trayvon Bromell banished his Olympic disappointment and beat his own world-leading time in the 100 metres on Saturday, winning the Kip Keino Classic in 9.76 seconds in Nairobi.
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Athletics-Bromell sets world-leading time in 100m after Tokyo disappointment
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Trayvon Bromell banished his Olympic disappointment and beat his own world-leading time in the 100 meters on Saturday, winning the Kip Keino Classic in 9.76 seconds in Nairobi.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Syrian gas pipeline
(Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a gas pipeline at Deir Ali power station in Syria, according to a statement published on Saturday on its affiliated Telegram channels.
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